Chapter 13 Samurai Hearts – Reaction (2)

However, the aftermath of the broadcast did not end there.

Rather, it grew even larger and more intense after the broadcast ended.

This was because they had been focused on the broadcast and hadn’t told anyone about it, but once it was over, they finally started talking about it.

The number of viewers in Victoria’s broadcast at the end was a whopping 57,000.

Even a broadcast with 20,000 viewers becomes noisy with various events that happened during the broadcast after it ends, so there was no way a broadcast with more than double that amount, 50,000 people, wouldn’t be talked about.

The aftermath of the broadcast was first revealed in the community where personal broadcast viewers gather.

The comprehensive internet broadcasting community site ‘Virtual General Community’. Abbreviated as VGC.

Articles about Victoria’s broadcast poured into that place where almost all broadcast viewers gather.

Among them, the most talked about article was this:

─Victoria’s broadcast was really legendary today

Viewer count soared from 5,000 to 50,000

Trikey main page promotion

Operator Kai appeared / sponsored

Who would have thought this would be achieved with just one collaboration guest…

-??? 50,000? 5,000 became 50,000?

-Writer: Yes, that’s right.

-Who did you invite to inflate the 5,000 viewer count to 50,000?

-Writer: Invited my younger sibling. If you want to know more, check the VOD.

-Isn’t that Kai the operator? The one who wore a Ninja outfit at the old Trikey event

-That’s him

-Kai sponsored Victoria? I heard he really hates people with bad content

-Hates? He liked her like crazy? He sponsored 100,000 each time

Really?

On Trikey, a viewer count of 20,000 is used as an indicator to distinguish between a major company and a non-major company.

Until now, Victoria’s average viewer count was between 2,000 and 3,000, and the maximum viewer count was around 5,000.

But in just one day, she surpassed the 20,000 mark, which is called the major company’s cut-off, and brought in twice that number of people to her broadcast.

It was inflated by more than ten times at once, so it couldn’t help but be a hot topic.

─5,000 turned into 50,000 super mega company?

Isn’t it obviously a view bot?

But this is completely insane

What kind of view bot increases 45,000 people?

-Crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋ 45,000 view botㅋㅋㅋㅋ Complete fabrication broadcast ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-10x view bot, are you crazy? Did you think you wouldn’t get caught?

-I know, it’s obvious to anyone;

-Ugh, you guys are just making things up. Watch the broadcast before you talk

-Writer: It’s obvious without watching.

-Kaio-ken x10!

What those who hadn’t seen the broadcast suspected was none other than a view bot.

A view bot is a program that can manipulate the number of viewers and can even lead to permanent suspension from the platform if caught using it.

They judged that Victoria had used a view bot to increase her broadcast viewer count from 5,000 to 50,000.

It was a ridiculous story that she had pulled in as many as 45,000 people with a view bot, but they really thought so.

That was more convincing than a small company broadcast with only 5,000 viewers suddenly becoming a huge company with over 50,000 viewers.

Of course, that opinion didn’t last long.

This was because some of the 50,000 people who watched Victoria’s broadcast started posting rebuttal articles.

─Victoria used a view bot?

You crazy bastards are spreading false information.

Why don’t you just say Kai is fabricated too?

She went up because there are reasons to go up, but it’s disgusting to start with false accusations.

Yeah, 10x view bot, sorry.

Writer: Ugh… I don’t even want to talk to people like you. Get lost, you bastard

-Is it really not a view bot?

-Writer: No, it’s not. There’s a reason

-What’s the reason

-Writer: Because the Sword Saint appeared

-? The Sword Saint appears in other places too, is that the reason for the rise?

Those who hadn’t seen Victoria’s broadcast didn’t understand the reason for the rise, which was ‘the Sword Saint appeared’.

To them, the Sword Saint is Hatsuragi Kato.

It’s just a boss monster that appears in Samurai Hearts, and of course it appeared in all broadcasts that used Samurai Hearts as content.

That meant that the existence of the Sword Saint couldn’t be a reason to explain Victoria’s rise to them.

However, as a clip video spread on VGC, they realized.

Who the ‘Sword Saint’ that those who watched Victoria’s broadcast were talking about was.

─Sword Saint appearing on Victoria’s broadcast.avi

[Trikey Clip Video]

I deliberately clipped this to beat up the false accusers

Let’s see if you can still say it’s a view bot after watching this

-Wow… crazy…

-The perfect parry is insane

-Is this real? Not a manipulated video?

-Writer: No way. You can still watch the VOD now, so be sure to watch it.

Okay, I’m going to watch it right away.

The video uploaded to VGC was not long.

This was unavoidable because the length of the video that could be saved as a clip was only about 1 minute.

Therefore, the clip video only contained the early part of the battle between the Sword Saint Kato and Dohyun.

The fierce battle they waged as if exploring each other, before the Sword Saint even drew his two swords.

But that alone was enough to shock people.

Sword Saint Hatsuragi Kato.

A monster that still has no special strategy and can only be confronted after being weakened through story progression.

It was natural that it was a video of facing a monster head-on in a 1-on-1 battle with a monster that many physical freaks had rushed in and been defeated by.

─I watched Godtoria’s broadcast VOD

Those who started the view bot controversy should all bow their heads and start

Of course 50,000 viewers is natural for a broadcast like this

I’m surprised it didn’t go higher than that?

-The younger sibling was tired and ended the broadcast early

-Writer: I saw it. It would have been even more of a hit if that hadn’t happened

-Is Victoria’s broadcast that good?

-I don’t know about the others, but this broadcast was really legendary

-Really? Should I watch it once

-Writer: You’ll never regret watching it. You’ll regret not watching it. Be sure to watch it

-This guy is really good at marketingㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The public opinion on VGC changed greatly as the people who watched Victoria’s broadcast live and those who watched it again were combined.

A backlash hit those who had accused Victoria of using a view bot.

Clear evidence that it wasn’t a view bot appeared one after another, and above all, the broadcast itself was released for replay, so it was a natural result.

Those who claimed that the 45,000 viewers who suddenly increased were view bots deleted their posts and ran away from VGC, or were busy switching their stance and praising Victoria.

There were some who stubbornly insisted on maintaining their pride, but they had no choice but to delete their posts and run away in the end due to the continuous barrage of facts.

When all the bad stories disappeared like that, all that was left was the topic.

As the site was constantly buzzing with stories about Victoria’s broadcast, people’s attention was focused on that side, and even those who didn’t care much looked up the broadcast, wondering ‘What the heck is that?’

-Wow, this is a real Overachiever

-Is this person’s first time playing this game?

For real, amazing hahaha

Those who watched the broadcast in that way were surprised that Kratos was playing the game for the first time, amazed twice by the talent he displayed, and fainted after seeing him win against the Sword Saint.

If a previously famous broadcaster or an amateur expert had uploaded a video of defeating the Sword Saint, it wouldn’t have become such a hot topic.

They would have admired it because they would have thought, ‘That person can do that!’, but they wouldn’t have been so enthusiastic like crazy.

On the other hand, what about Kratos?

─Reasons why Kratos is awesome. Fact

Appeared on his older sister’s broadcast for 100,000 won allowance

Never played a VR game in his life

But received ALL perfect parry judgments during the broadcast

Destroyed the Sword Saint

-It’s really crazy when you look at it like thisㅋㅋㅋㅋ Are we even the same human ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-All perfect parries?

-Writer: Yes, that’s right. I checked it all.

-Including when he fought the Sword Saint?

-Writer: Including everything, it’s all perfect. That’s why it’s so awesome

-Crazy

-I remembered later that he said he had never played a VR game before and I freaked out.

-If it’s his first time, he wouldn’t even know the optimal device settings, how is this possible?

He didn’t broadcast himself, but appeared on his older sister’s broadcast content, and perfectly proved his talent through the game he was playing for the first time there.

People who saw him could only think of two words.

Genius.

The owner of heaven-sent talent.

That was his image.

That’s why people couldn’t help but be even more enthusiastic.

─Sword Saint vs Kratos Full Version Video

[iTube Video]

So, who is the Sword Saint now?

-The Sword Saint was originally a dual wielder

-Yes, the production team said he was a dual wielder. But no one has ever seen it before

-Destroying the Sword Saint is so cool;

-But why don’t you bring the next part? It’s really awesome from there

Really? Is it more awesome than this?

-It’s amazing. After watching that, I can only think of Kratos when I play Samurai Hearts

-Is it that good…? I can’t help it. Now that it’s come to this, I’m going to watch the VOD

The interest in VGC exploded even more when the full version video of the duel between the Sword Saint and Kratos was uploaded.

The incessant clanging of metal and the blades dancing under the moonlight.

In front of the duel that seemed to say, ‘This is what a samurai duel is like!’, the viewers, to put it bluntly, freaked out.

─I watched the Kratos video and bought Samurai Hearts

After clearing the Bloodyhorn first boss after 53 tries, I decided not to touch this type of game again.

But honestly, Kratos was so cool that I couldn’t help but buy it, right?

-Oh, really? I bought it too

-Writer: Really? Want to play together?

-Send me your tag in a DM. Let’s go, let’s go

-Writer: Okay! Let’s become the second Victoria and Kratos!

-Stop it! The road ahead is hell!

-Writer: But…! The video looked so cool!

-That’s a fact that I totally agree with.

-I watched the video and tried it again, but what doesn’t work doesn’t work T_T

The aftermath was enough to captivate even those who had no interest in Samurai Hearts!

Of course, most of them were frustrated by the vicious difficulty of Samurai Hearts, and the more they did, the more Kratos’ greatness was highlighted.

And finally, as if putting the finishing touches, a video was uploaded.

─Sword Saint War Full Version Video.avi

[iTube Video]

I named the Sword Saint War arbitrarily

Everyone only cuts and uploads the part where the Sword Saint and Kratos fight, so I brought the full version

Wear diapers when you watch it

-What did I just watch?

-Ninja?! Ieeeeee?! Ninja?! Why?!

-Hidden challenge ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Who can clear that ㅋㅋㅋ

-I know ㅋㅋㅋ I run away even if there are only three enemies ㅋㅋㅋ

-I’m a urologist, thank you. Thanks to you, I have a lot of customers. But there are so many that I can’t leave work…

The video containing the aftermath of the duel with the Sword Saint was like pouring oil on the already burning public opinion of VGC.

This was because the appearance of the Ninjas and the clearing of the hidden challenge after the Sword Saint’s defeat were so impressive.

The viewers who saw the desperate and miserable battle were fascinated by the misery.

After the video named Sword Saint War, articles about Kratos were used like a hot topic free pass ticket on VGC.

This meant that even if it was a newly uploaded article, if it contained even one new piece of information about Kratos, it would immediately be uploaded as a hot topic on VGC.

It was a part that clearly showed how many people were interested in him.

The aftermath of Victoria’s broadcast did not stop there.